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FRANKENSTEIN VS the DALEKS

1965’s The Chase featured more time travel than any previous Doctor Who story. However, early script ideas were even more ambitious in their scope…

FEATURE BY ANDREW PIXLEY

Ian (William Russell), Vicki (Maureen O’Brien) and Barbara (Jacqueline Hill) use the time-space visualiser to see Shakespeare in action in The Executioners, the first episode of The Chase (1965).

The Daleks, track the Doctor through time and space in episode three, Flight Through Eternity.

The Tardis whispers through deathless time.’ So begins The Pursuers, a 1965 document in which scriptwriter Terry Nation outlined ‘Dr Who (Segment: Dalek Three) – a story line for a play in six parts’. Submitted on Sunday 10 January, this would form the basis for the serial now more commonly known as The Chase. Yet the story’s origins wound back even further – to Wednesday 16 December 1964, when a third outing for Nation’s massively popular Dalek creations was commissioned under the title Doctor Who and the Daleks (III).

About Doctor Who Magazine

The Doctor has always challenged the linear conception of time. Since his television voyage began in 1963, the TARDIS has travelled backwards, forwards and even sideways through the mysterious Vortex. This lavish publication traces the development of these time-bending narratives, describing the rules
that were laid down – and subsequently revised – by the series’ writers and producers. We unravel this timey-wimey journey with exclusive interviews, rare images and revealing features that explore the most intriguing corners of the Doctor Who universe.